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Saturday, 4 January 2014

Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22

Turtle Beach Ear Force PX22

If you have ever been looking
for a headset that will be compatible with both your console, be it either XBOX
360 or PS3, or even both, and your PC, you probably know how hard it is to find
one of them that is also comfortable and offers a good audio quality. Well,
look no more as Turtle Beach solves your problem with its new release, the Ear
Force PX22. As always before buying the actual product, we recommend trying it
out yourself in one of the stores.

The Box

The package of said headset is
something you would expect to see when buying gaming gear. On the front you got
a bit of specification, main features, MLG logo, model name and a big picture
of the actual headphones. The back contains of a write down of features, what
the package contains, and the specification. On the side, you’ve got in-line
amp guide. Before you can open the actual box, you got to slid the cover off,
and only then you may actually open it. The first thing you is the
documentation with a quick start guide, which includes additional stickers, but
also cables and accessories hidden in a pretty stylish package. When you remove
the next cover, you see the actual product, but also the inline amp, which
surprisingly is shipped not connected to the headphones.

The Specification

In audio business, the specification
may not be so important, but it’s always a good thing to include one. In case
you had any doubts earlier, the headphones are of closed build. That means,
little sound will be getting in the headphones and little sound will be getting
out, resulting in you not being able to hear your surroundings. The connection
type is USB, as could be expected by headphone enthusiasms, due to the
microphone, which would require 2 jacks in order to work, if 3.5 plug was the
connection type of choice. We got 1 driver per each ear, each one being 50mm in
diameter, which is rather big, but you don’t have to worry about it that much –
it fits perfectly, which we’ve covered later in the review!

The Comfort

Very important aspect of the
gaming headset is the actual comfort. If you’re planning to spend long hours
playing Call of Duty in front of your TV, you don’t want the pleasure being
stopped by hurting ears from ear pads or the tip of your head from bad headband
of the headset. Nothing of these will happen when your order PX22, but you have
to realize they won’t be as comfortable as Razer Tiamar or SteelSeries Sibera
V2. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t feel any discomfort while using this headset.

The Features

Main feature of those headphones
is no doubt the inline controller, which seem to be a good move on the Turtle
Beach side. It allows you to control volume, bass, treble and even mute your
microphone on the go. In addition, it features game and chat volume controls,
an Xbox 360 chat input and mobile phone connector. It is definitely a cut above
average. The cable is made out of vinyl sheath and is quite long, which has to
be noted. The microphone itself is ultra flexible and did well in our tests of
voice chat, Skype calls or Teamspeak.

The Audio

Equipped with one of the bigger
drivers of 50mm, they produce just a fine sound. They also have the stereo type
of sound, which isn’t the most desired in gaming gear, because it doesn’t such
a fine positioning in online FPS games as Dolby Surround, but thanks to Turtle
Beach engineers you can still know where that bullet came from. The PX22
deliver a great audio experience on whatever you plug them into, let it be PC,
PS3, Xbox 360 or even your phone. They sound crisp and clear and you hear the
nice “thump” of the bass when you expect it. However, you have to keep in mind
that those aren’t $300 Hi-Fi audiophile headphones, but that’s probably not
something you need when you order PX 22.

The Design

Everything comes at the expense,
and while Turtle Beach EarForce PX22 delivers great comfort and sound, the
materials used had to suffer on this. They feel light, flimsy and give you the
impression they could break easily every time you use it. This won’t probably
bother you at all because they were designed rather for home use, but given the
mobile phone compatibility, it sucks that you probably won’t go out in public.

The Conclusion

All in all, for the 70$, you get
pretty good audio quality with an average comfort, but also cheap materials. If
you’re looking for your first gaming headset, I definitely recommend this. If
you’re however looking for something more durable, you should rather look at
something at higher price range.